KEY:
Black: Overall average majority per seat
Blue: Conservative average
Red: Labour average
Orange: Lib / Alliance / LibDem average
| Year | 1945 | 1950 | 1951 | 1955 | 1959 | 1964 | 1966 | 1970 | 1974f | 1974o | 1979 | 1983 | 1987 | 1992 | 1997 | 2001 | 2005 | 2010 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average | 7903 | 9109 | 9202 | 8774 | 9221 | 8144 | 8308 | 8461 | 8343 | 8320 | 10293 | 9095 | 10867 | 10836 | 10767 | 8494 | 7687 | 8366 |
| Con | 5954 | 7979 | 8435 | 8714 | 9402 | 7273 | 6155 | 8831 | 7592 | 6738 | 11663 | 10185 | 11407 | 11719 | 6593 | 6930 | 8283 | 9470 |
| Lab | 9111 | 10291 | 9994 | 8437 | 8356 | 8692 | 9719 | 7946 | 9207 | 9804 | 8713 | 7722 | 10622 | 10374 | 13247 | 9629 | 7815 | 7911 |
| Lib/LibDem | 1880 | 3295 | 6013 | 6244 | 5388 | 4182 | 2232 | 1511 | 5475 | 3227 | 4893 | 4389 | 4497 | 4028 | 5223 | 5523 | 5357 | 5580 |
KEY:
Black: Overall average majority per seat
Blue: Conservative average
Red: Labour average
Orange: Lib / Alliance / LibDem average
Political Science Resources
© Richard Kimber
Last Modified: 26 Oct 10